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SICK OF MEGABUCK EXOTICS? FEAST ON THIS REGULAR FARE: COMPACT SUVS FROM DODGE, FORD, HONDA, KIA, MAZDA, NISSAN, TOYOTA, AND VOLKSWAGEN. TO ALL OUR BELOVED READERS WHO'VE WRITTEN TO KVETCH [...]

Genesis had already been scoring points in the luxury segment when the GV70 entered the game. The G70 sports sedan earned a lOBest award in 2019, and the GV80 SUV [...]

Here we are again. After gathering the year's new EV offerings for a week of intense hack-to-hack scrutiny. rigorous driving, and long hours of charging, a Hyundai has come out [...]

Even the most avid Aston Martin trainspotters may be hard-pressed to tell the new DB12 from its DB11 predecessor. Like Fonzie checking out his perfect ducktail in the mirror and [...]

THE CHAOS OF UPHEAVAL CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITY. Take the dawning EV revolution, which has already seen a startup car company rocket past century-old competitors to become the most valuable automaker [...]

A performance car that can fry your synapses on a canyon run or a high-speed blast down an empty highway is a thrill, but what about one that can do [...]

PERHAPS YOU'VE NOTICED THAT THE CADILLAC CT4- V BLACKWING MADE THE LIST AND THE BMW M3 DIDN'T. WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE CADILLAC IS MORE FUN, HANDLES BETTER, AND IS THE [...]

The arrival of the llth-generation Honda Civic for 2022 spurred us to take a fresh look at the world of compact sedans. The market's mania for crossovers, pickups, and off-roaders [...]

As the SUV-ification of the auto market continues unabated and mega-horsepower EVs quickly become the new hotness in the high-performance space, the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 look more and [...]

Should EVs make a statement? With its EQS and EQE sedans, Mercedes-Benz sure pushed the envelope. The EQE SUV, though, doesn't court controversy. The single-motor EQE350+ and dual-motor EQE350 and [...]

Lexus has long been a leader in hybrid powertrains. But its first U.S. EV, the RZ450e, suggests it's an unenthusiastic conscript in the march to full battery propulsion. Borrowing the [...]

The final A80-generation Supra's ascension to legend status--years after production ended--spurred Toyota to resurrect the name on an all-new model for 2020. Could today's Supra be on track to become [...]

In the beginning, the Range Rover's appearance--upright profile, slablike body panels, unadorned sheetmetal--was the product of a utilitarian, function-driven design. The latest version's evolved look is again upright, smooth, and [...]

Like a shape-shifter, Mitsubishi has been many things. First known to Americans as the maker of gasstingy little Dodges and Plymouths, Mitsubishi has also produced its own econoboxes, sporty coupes, [...]

The Emira is a great sports car, even a great Lotus, but the world's other carmakers haven't spent the past decade idle. - K.C. Colwell If a Porsche 718 Cayman is a sports car, the Emira tries for a baby-supercar vibe with its cab-forward design, ultralow cowl, and driver's view framed by swollen front fenders. Lotus won't admit this directly, but the Emira is almost certainly a stopgap - the first new sports-car model developed in the wake of the brand's 2017 acquisition by Chinese carmaker Geely, which also owns Volvo. CAR VS. ROAD NAMING A ROAD GIVES IT SOMETHING LIKE APERSONALITY, or at least a sense of drama. [Extracted from the article]

Upon Infiniti's debut, the carmaker's quirky ads, with rocks and trees but no cars, contemplated luxury. We're doing the same after driving the revamped QX60, which seems uncomfortably close to [...]

We love a good quarter-mile time, impressive skidpad g's, and the visceral thrill of a rev-matched downshift. But we also know that most people, most of the time, are just [...]

No category of vehicles has embraced the bigger-is-better ethos more than pickup trucks. Today's euphemistically described 'full-size' trucks have become towering, steroidal machines. Pulled along in their wake, the next-tier-down [...]

'For just a little more per month...' the showroom slickster begins, pressuring the unsure car shopper trying to stick to a budget. For the buyer wavering between an Audi A3 [...]

In our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test, the GV70 managed 26 mpg, versus the feds' best guess of 25 mpg. But the GV70 is a bigger deal than both of those vehicles, or any other Genesis model, because it plays in the premium market's largest and most important segment. - DAVE VANDERWERP, TESTING DIRECTOR Genesis named the GV70's color Uyuni White after a Bolivian salt flat. Genesis had already been scoring points in the luxury segment when the GV70 entered the game. [Extracted from the article]

Mercedes-Benz's new EVs might be stealing the spotlight, but the brand hasn't forgotten its long-standing models like the C-class sedan. New from grille to trunklid, the latest C presents as [...]

Highs: Taut yet compliant suspension, airy interior, splid roster of features. Lows: Modest power, so-so range, federal tax credit expiring soon. Toyota has a deep roster of hybrids, but with [...]

AUSTRIA'S GROSSGLOCKNER HIGH Alpine Road had just opened for the season when we nosed the 2019 Bentley Continental GT through the tollgate. With spritzing rain and the melting snowpack wetting [...]

2022 AUDI S3 ~ BY JOE LORIO They may be out of fashion these days, but lower, smaller automobiles are inherently more responsive and rewarding. As proof, we offer the [...]

Once the exclusive province of luxury cars, today leather can be optioned even in economy cars such as the Nissan Sentra and Honda Civic, and its popularity is increasing. In [...]

With its most recent redesign, the Honda Accord went from blandly competent to truly impressive, earning an Automobile Magazine All-Star award in the process. And when we gathered the latest [...]

It's not hard to think of the Kia Cadenza as a fresh-faced new kid in the office, one with a firm handshake and a bright smile, who tries extra hard [...]

BMW X5 xDrive40i 335-hp 3.0-L I-6, 8-sp auto Land Rover Range Rover Sport SE P360 355-hp 3.0-L I-6, 8-sp auto Mercedes-Benz GLE450 4Matic 362-hp 3.0-L I-6, 9-sp auto Porsche Cayenne 335-hp 3.0-L V-6, 8-sp auto *includes performance-enhancing Options TEST RESULTS Acceleration Results in graph omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec. - Joe Lorio The new Range Rover Sport is a symbol of progress for the Land Rover brand, so why continue to include those redundant flip-down armrests? The Stormer Handling package, unique to the $122,975 First Edition P530, brings active anti-roll bars and rear-wheel steering, and we're sure that model's BMW-sourced 523-hp V-8 makes for considerably sprightlier acceleration. [Extracted from the article]

ALTHOUGH it seems as though our little group couldn't be more alone, above the tree line on the windswept peaks at the top of the Colorado Rockies, we follow in [...]

FOUR SEASONS WRAP-UP The promise of the crossover, as much as there is one, is to occupy the middle ground between a passenger car and an SUV. Most, however, hew [...]

With a torque peak that runs from 2750 to 6000 rpm, the turbo V-8 is brutally strong throughout the rev range. SHEETMETAL FIRST DRIVE Even the most avid Aston Martin trainspotters may be hard-pressed to tell the new DB12 from its DB11 predecessor. Two electric motors - one on each axle - join a Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8, which exhales through dual exhaust outlets located where you'd normally find a rear window. [Extracted from the article]

Motoring up ice-slicked Vermont Route 108 outside of Stowe, we were not surprised when we saw that a minivan had slid off the road and was getting shoveled out of [...]

The notion of a Honda Civic made nicer and sportier doesn't seem so complicated, really. Our year with the ILX, however, suggests that it is. The Acura Integra was one [...]

Yes, the new Chevy Corvette is the Automobile of the Year. No, this was not a foregone conclusion. The Corvette may have a special place in the American automotive pantheon, [...]

That Kia denotes the top-performing version of its mid-size EV by reducing rather than adding to the nameplate is something of an undersell, but the GT's hardware shows the intensity of this effort. Kia also fortifies the EV6's chassis with quicker steering and a firmer suspension tune, abetted by adaptive dampers. It's true that the EV6 is stylishly sleek and futuristic, but the GT is barely discernible from lesser models (the telltales: lime-green brake calipers, 21-inch wheels, a subtle rear spoiler, reworked fascias). [Extracted from the article]

Affordable, lightweight, rear-wheel-drive sports cars don't come along every day--or even every decade. So the arrival of the Subaru BRZ (and its Scion FR-.S twin) was keenly anticipated. Staffers were [...]

TIRED OF TRYING TO SELL German cars to Americans, Volkswagen gave up on that idea with the latest Passat and instead gave us what it thought we'd want: a truly [...]

This is a very wealthy area,' our photographer, a native of Stuttgart, said as we drove the new Mercedes-Benz S-class through the Swabian Alps. 'But you'd never know it.' That's [...]

You see a lot of 3-series BMWs in L.A. That's not surprising, really. Los Angeles is known as a place where your car is not just a place you spend [...]

We admit it: we're fans of the AMC series Mad Men. Big fans. And while the plotlines can be good, and the acting is very good, what's most seductive about [...]

NICE, FRANCE WE'RE IN THE QUATTROPORTE, holding our breath. It's not because the new 2014 Maserati Quattroporte is so beautiful that it takes your breath away--which it is--but instead because [...]

Georg Kacher is a big guy. And lie's been a big part of this magazine from the very beginning. Volume one, number one included a column by Kacher, Foreign Exchange, [...]

The 1920s and '30s were the original glory days for this city by the sea, a playground for well-to-do holidaymakers. Lincoln was a favorite of that same crowd. Both Miami [...]

HE IDEA OE THE Mini Countryman--a larger, taller, all-wheel-drive Mini SUV--caused much hand-wringing among the enthusiast community. It was a move against type for a brand that took delight in [...]

CADILLAC HAS BEEN OBSESSED WITH THE GERMAN LUXURY carmakers at least since the Bob Lutz era (with the first CTS and the last STS), if not before (with the Catera), [...]

In the auto industry, change is the only constant. For evidence, see the barrage of new products for 2013--more than seventy new offerings, which we've gathered here. Rather than simply [...]

AFTER SKIPPING THE 2010 MODEL YEAR, Volvo's wallflower, middle-child sedan, the S60, reemerged for 2011 wearing shapely new sheetmetal and a freshly honed set of dynamic skills. The S60 took [...]

DURING THE DARKEST DAYS of 2009, when Chrysler was skidding toward bankruptcy and many wondered whether the company was worth saving, it used the occasion of the New York auto [...]

THE ORIGINAL ACURA NSX, which debuted in 1990, delivered a seismic shock to the established automotive order. A Ferrari-level supercar from the maker of the humble Civic, the NSX signaled [...]